BERNARD, LOTTA (1869, Steambarge)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Port Clinton, OH
Vessel Type:: Steambarge; Note: Shallow-draft river version of early steambarge.
Hull Materials:: Wood
Number of Decks:: 1
Builder Name:: Lewis M. Jackson
Master Carpenter:: Josh B. Davis
Original Owner and Location:: S.W. Dorsey, et al, Sandusky, OH

Power

Propulsion:: Sidewheel
Engine Type:: Crosshead
# Cylinders:: 1
# Boilers:: 1
Propulsion Notes:: 22 x 60" engine built by Klotz & Kramer, Sandusky, OH. 7" wrought iron shaft, 19' wheels 4 1/2' wide. 6'4" x 16', 120 # steam boiler.

Hull Dimensions

Final Disposition

Final Location:: Encampment Island.
Lake Superior.
Date:: 29 Oct 1874
Final Depth:: 400''
How:: Foundered.
Final Cargo:: Flour, 60 kegs fish, 1 horse.
Notes:: Foundered six miles off shore, crew reached shore in yawl, two men lost when Mackinac boat capsized, cook died of exhaustion on shore. 1874, Dec 31 Duluth District, document surrendered.

History

Chronology:

1869, Sep 9 Launched, chartered to Northern Transportation Co. to carry cordwood, Portage River - Put-in-Bay to Cleveland for their steamers.

1865, Nov 5 Owned S.W. Dorsey, et al.

1870, Apr 1 Owned Luman H. Tenney , contracted to haul building material from Bark Bay, WI-Duluth for the first grain elevator.

1871, Mar 1 Owned John D. Howard, Superior WI.

1871, Nov 17 Torn from dock in storm Grand Marais & blown ashore. Damage to hull, rudder, paddlewheel & boiler; refloated taken to Duluth.

1872, Nov 28 Beached west of piers, Ontongagon, MI; broke rudder chains in snowstorm, cargo flour, feed & grain.

1873, May Released & taken for repairs.

1874, Oct 29 Foundered.

Notes

From the Collection of:: C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:: Edward J. Dowling Collection, University of Detroit - Mercy; Enrollments, U.S. National Archives; Inland Seas, Great Lakes Historical Society; C. Patrick Labadie; William MacDonald Collection, Dossin Great Lakes Museum, Detroit; Newspaper Clippings; John E. Poole notes, Bowling Green State University; H. G. Runge Collection, Milwaukee Public Library; Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley; Peter J. VanderLinden; Richard J. Wright, Bowling Green State University

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